Traffic & Transit
MBTA Announces Service Changes For Haverhill Line
Upcoming work on the Haverhill Line will affect weekend service schedules this month.
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WILMINGTON, MA — The MBTA has announced service changes for several lines including the Green, Red, Orange, Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, Framingham/Worcester, Haverhill, and Newburyport/Rockport lines.
The service changes are to allow the MBTA to "continue working to maintain its infrastructure and improve reliability across the system for riders," according to a statement.
Shuttle buses will be used on the Haverhill Line between Ballardvale and North Station during the weekends of March 9 to 10, March 23 to 24, and March 30 to 31.
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The following will occur during those times:
- Shuttle buses will replace train service between Reading and Oak Grove where passengers can connect to Orange Line subway.
- A shuttle bus will also provide service between Reading and Anderson/Woburn for connections to the Lowell Line and Haverhill Line.
- The shuttle service between Reading and Oak Grove will stop in Wakefield, Greenwood, Melrose Highlands, Melrose Cedar Park, Wyoming Hill, and Oak Grove.
- North Wilmington Station will not have shuttle bus service with passengers encouraged to utilize Lowell Commuter Rail Line service at Wilmington Station instead.
- Train service for passengers between Ballardvale and Haverhill will be re-routed along the Lowell Line after Ballardvale, making one additional stop at Anderson/Woburn and then running express to North Station. Riders desiring service to or from Reading and Oak Grove should disembark at Anderson/Woburn and board the shuttle bus service.
The service is to allow crews to perform automatic train control work. This is a federally mandated safety system that sends signals to trains about potentially unsafe conditions, automatically slowing and stopping a train if needed.
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More information is available at the MBTA's website.
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